Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Lawmakers From Both Parties, Advocates, DCNR Secretary Highlight Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity To Fund Local Water Cleanup, Recreation, State Park & Forest Safety & Maintenance Projects [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: Important Moment For Lancaster County Waterways - Growing Greener III Funding Needed - Lancaster Farmland Trust

-- DCNR Highlights How American Rescue Funds Could Help Pay For Safety, Facility Upgrades At Bald Eagle State Forest In Centre County

-- Centre Daily Times: Penns Valley Trail Bridge Needs $548,000 In Repairs, Here’s Why It Matters

-- On-Site Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Waste Disposal Plans Making Hundreds Of Drilling Sites Waste Dumps 

-- Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act 

-- AG Shapiro Charges Energy Corporation Of America/Greylock, 2 Employees With Environmental Crimes Involving Leaks At Oil & Gas Well Sites In Clearfield, Greene Counties [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Climate Activists Pitch Allegheny County To Ban Fracking In Public Parks 

-- TribLive: Bill To Ban Fracking In Allegheny County Parks Gets Additional Support

-- USA Today: Red Voters For Green Energy?  Conservatives Say They Support Solar, Wind Power Too [PA Farmer Who Wants Solar Included]

-- PA Environmental Council Launches Online Guide To New Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Fans, Protectors Of French Creek Not Surprised It’s PA’s 2022 River Of The Year

-- Erie Times: PA’s French Creek Offers Recreational Opportunities In And Out Of The Water

-- 2022 PA Wilds Champion Award Winners Announced; Celebration Dinner July 28  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Game Commission Recognizes John Oliver For Lifetime Achievements

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Pennsylvania, States Challenge Findings Of Chesapeake Bay Computer Modeling On Pollution Reduction From Farms

-- CBF Blog: Skies Clear In Pennsylvania As Volunteers Plant Thousands Of Trees  [PaEN]

-- Cumberland County's Cover Crop Program A Model For Others Working To Improve Soil Health, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff  - By Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- Bay Journal: PA Switch-To-Grazing Project Aims To Save Farmers, Land And Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal 

-- Williamsport Sun: Tioga River Cleanup Moves One Step Ahead With Land Acquisition

-- PA Outdoor Writers Assn. Awards Student Scholarships To Alexis Wildt, Aaron Order  [PaEN]

-- Lebtown: Lebanon Valley Conservancy Awards Karen R. Light Scholarship To Lebanon Valley College Student 

-- Patch: Aquetong Watershed Assn. Awards Student Scholarships To New Hope-Solebury H.S. Students In Bucks County

-- PA American Water Will Hold Free Wonderful World Of Water Student Day Camps In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Students Compete In Rain Gutter Regatta, Other STEM Contests

-- Warren Times: Time Explorers Theme Of Warren Conservation District Student Summer Camp

-- Warren Times: Second Grade Classroom Turned Into Rainforest

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Community College To Host Free Summer STEM Program For Middle School Students

-- Perdue Foundation Supports New Educational Duck Pond At Hope Springs Farm For People With Developmental Disabilities In Hershey

-- York Daily Record: Digging For Fossils In A York Churchyard, He Found A Brand New Species

-- PPL Electric Utilities: Student Art Shines A Bright Light On Energy Efficiency

-- Global Links Company Celebrates Achieving Energy Independence Thru Solar Energy Installation, LED Lighting  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Global Links’ Net Zero Success Makes It Even More Sustainable

-- WNEP: New 80 MW Solar Field Project In Monroe County Nears DEP Approval

-- PA Capital-Star: Western PA Residents, Advocates Urge State Lawmakers To Take Action Against Fracking

-- TribLive: O’Hara Twp. Working To Strengthen Sustainability Through DEP Climate Program

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Launches Pilot Program For Electric Vehicle Chargers At County Parks

-- CONSOL Energy Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Climate Change Is A Military Problem For U.S. - James Stavridis (U.S. Navy Admiral, Retired)

-- MCall: Bowery Indoor Farm Built On Former Bethlehem Steel Site In Allentown

-- WLVR: PA’s 30 Year-Old Recycling Policy Needs To Be Updated, Experts Say

-- PA Resources Council, Delaware County Seeking Volunteers To Bolster Rose Tree Park Summer Festival Recycling, Waste Reduction Efforts  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Left-Behind Dorm Junk Finds New Life At Pitt, Other Environmentally Conscious Campuses

-- The Allegheny Front: Surveying The Ohio River for Plastic Nurdles, As Shell Readies To Open Ethane Plant

-- EPA Joins Partners To Introduce Innovative Trash Capture Devices To Delaware River Watershed

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: EPA Dunking Giant ‘Pool Skimmers’ In Schuylkill River To Suck Out Trash

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Plymouth Fire Co. To Hold Free Electronics Recycling Event June 18

-- WHYY: Philly Lobby Art Wants To Inspire You To Give Up Single-Use Plastics

-- Scranton Times: Gun Violence Awareness Group Sponsors Trail Cleanup

-- Scranton Times: Countryside Conservancy Receives Key 18 Acre Property For Trolley Trail

-- TribLive: Hampton Residents Works With Allegheny Land Trust To Protect Green Space

-- PA Capital-Star: Philly Native Kevin Sligh Gets Top U.S. Dept. Of Interior Appointment

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Now Accepting Applications For Ohio Basin Canoe, Kayak Access Mini Grants  [PaEN]

-- Vista.Today: William Penn Foundation Awards $5.9 Million In Grants To Extend Greater Philadelphia Circuit Trails Network

-- Sen. Browne: Senate Passes Illegal Dirt Bike And ATV Seizure And Disposal Bill

-- Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County, Will Offer Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In July  [PaEN]

-- Celebrate The Bloom! At The Only Prairie In PA Featuring The Blazing Star July 30 At Jennings Environmental Center, Butler County  [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Wild Heritage News - Celebrating 40 Years Of Vital Work  [PaEN]

-- Feature: How Controlled Burns Could Help Save A Species - Lupinus perennis - By Karley Stasko, North Branch Land Trust  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Educators Can Help You Celebrate PA Native Species Day June 17  [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Helping Eels Reach Their Destination Is Improving Water Quality In The Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay

-- Inquirer: Philly Water Dept. Wants You To Eat More Oysters, And Save The Shells To Help Clean Up Waterways 

-- LancasterOnline: Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehab Center To Host 4 Educational Events For Kids This Summer

-- Post-Gazette: Carnegie Museum Herpetologist Brings Summer Campers To Borneo - Via Livestream

-- Reading Eagle: Conservation Heritage Museum Set To Open At Middle Creek Wildlife Area

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation: June 25 7th Annual Great Outdoor Picnic. Centre Hall, Centre County.  11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Youth To Get A Look Inside Life Of A Game Warden

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hunters Donate Almost 200,000 Pounds Of Venison To PA Anti-Hunger Programs

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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[Posted: June 12, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

6/13/2022